Locally run holidays in MaliTours & holidays in 2019 & 2020

If you don’t know the song already, search ‘Welcome to Mali’. Because Mali holidays will make you feel just that when you arrive in this landlocked West African mega land of Sahara Desert, the ancient trading city and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Timbuktu, the ethnic rich life in Djenné and its capital Bamako as well as at some of its world renowned festivals such as the Festival sur le Niger in Segou or Touareg Music Festival.

Memorable parts?
We named it the “5000 Star Hotel” under the full moon on a windy night as we told stories around a small fire. That was on the very edge of the Bandiagara Cliff in Dogon Country. The rocks and the edge of the cliffs were –right there
—and the stories told and laughter were very precious. Our guide Aly and his Dogon friends made a conversation in multiple broken languages fun and enlightening. It truly felt like the mythical Shangra-La.
And the rich history of Timbuktu.... (more)Susan Aschim